primarily

Questions about primarily

What does primarily mean?

primarily means "for the most part". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in primarily?

primarily has 4 syllables: pri-mar-i-ly. The stress falls on "mar". In IPA it is /pɹaɪˈmɛɹəli/.

What is another word for primarily?

Close synonyms include chiefly, principally, mainly, in the main, in the first place. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of primarily?

The recorded antonyms are secondarily.

Is primarily a common word?

primarily is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with primarily?

2 words rhyme with primarily. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.